9. It is a violation of P.L.2023, c.10 (C. 34:8D-1 et al.) for a third party client to enter into a contract with a temporary help service firm not certified under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C. 34:8D-8), for the assignment of a temporary laborer to a designated classification placement. A third party client shall verify a temporary help service firm’s status with the director before entering into a contract with the temporary help service firm for the assignment of a temporary laborer to a designated classification placement, and on March 1 and September 1 of each year.

A temporary help service firm shall provide each of its third party clients with proof of valid certification issued by the director at the time of entering into a contract for the assignment of a temporary laborer to a designated classification placement. A temporary help service firm shall be required to notify, both by telephone and in writing, each temporary laborer it assigns to a designated classification placement and each third party client with whom it has a contract for the assignment of a temporary laborer to a designated classification placement within 24 hours of any denial, suspension, revocation, or non-renewal of its certification by the director. All contracts between any temporary help service firm and any third party client for the assignment of a temporary laborer to a designated classification placement shall be considered null and void from the date any denial, suspension, revocation, or non-renewal of certification becomes effective and until such time as the temporary help service firm becomes certified and considered in good standing by the director as provided in section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C. 34:8D-8).

Upon request, the director shall provide to a third party client a list of entities certified as temporary help service firms pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C. 34:8D-8). A third party client may rely on information provided by the director or maintained on the Division of Consumer Affair’s website pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C. 34:8D-8), and shall be held harmless if such information maintained or provided by the director or the division was inaccurate. Any third party client that violates this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. Each day during which a third party client contracts with a person operating as a temporary help service firm but not certified as a temporary help service firm under section 8 of P.L.2023, c.10 (C. 34:8D-8), shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

L.2023, c.10, s.9.